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Public Infrastructure and Services
Farmers’ plight: Leaving land for a lesser life
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 06:24 AMScanty rainfall, depleting groundwater levels, barren farmlands and mass migration of farmers to cities for better livelihood--this is the reality of most of rural India today. Many parts of India are witnessing this growing trend of farmers leaving their lands in search of jobs in cities.
![Many villages look deserted due to mass migration of villagers to cities for jobs. Houses are abandoned and are getting ruined due to nonuse. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_many_old_people_in_the_village_have_no_proper_place_as_the_houses_are_collapsed_.jpg?itok=4VYMXB5e)
Arsenic-affected village gets water after two decades
Posted on 12 Mar, 2018 05:41 AMKaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in the Ambagad Chowki block of the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Despite its small size, Kaudikasa village has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Severe health problems have been reported from the village, thanks to acute arsenic contamination in its groundwater.
![Yuvraj Singh, a former sarpanch of Kaudikasa near the tube well reported to have the highest level of arsenic contamination.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/38815330440_fb9d5c937f_z.jpg?itok=vO6sXoDQ)
Islands float on Delhi lake
Posted on 08 Mar, 2018 06:09 AMLocated in the Hauz Khas urban village in the busy metropolis of Delhi is an exquisitely landscaped lush green patch. This deer park, with spotted deer, peacocks and numerous birds, leads to an incredibly beautiful lake. As per a plaque at the site, the lake is a part of the medieval (13th century) city of Delhi Sultanate.
![Phytoremediation principle is used to convert Hauz Khas lake into a water purifying wetland ecosystem. (Image: Tarun Nanda)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead-evolve.jpg?itok=7W7CAm0W)
Revised draft of CZMP for Chennai released
Posted on 27 Feb, 2018 02:53 PMRevised Coastal Zone Management Plan frees up large swathes of coastal land for development
![Ennore creek in Chennai (Picture: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32005696281_54bd33c028_z_0.jpg?itok=I-1_kPBb)
Millions wait for toilets and water
Posted on 24 Feb, 2018 10:31 AMGoI allocations for the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is Rs. 22,357 crores
![The state of water supply and sanitation continues to be poor in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_1.jpg?itok=WMhiPZqo)
Atal Bhujal Yojana to be implemented soon
Posted on 20 Feb, 2018 05:31 AMCentre to fast track Atal Bhujal Yojana to help manage groundwater efficiently
![Water is a fast depleting resource. (Picture courtesy: India Today)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater-leopard-2-647_062015070022.jpg?itok=fegBY-GD)
How Kakaddara village won water cup
Posted on 19 Feb, 2018 06:33 AMEvery year, thousands of villages in Maharashtra get affected by droughts. Experts say that the reasons for recurrent droughts include a lack of policy framework, technical knowledge and community participation as well as poor implementation of government programmes.
![A farm pond in Kakaddara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0072tps.jpg?itok=pZ5lfMej)
Harvesting rainwater effectively
Posted on 15 Feb, 2018 01:25 PMOne of the major causes of deterioration of water quality is the increase in overall salinity. Total hardness and the presence of materials like fluoride, nitrate, iron, arsenic, and toxic metal ions determine salinity levels in groundwater. With the demand for groundwater growing rapidly, its exploitation is also accelerating which causes depletion.
![The innovation was introduced in a government school building in Untka village located in Mewat district of Haryana.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/untaka-rwh.gif?itok=-9AlYCrA)
Delhi to take Haryana to court over Yamuna pollution
Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 12:50 PMDelhi to take Haryana to court over increased ammonia levels in Yamuna
![Frothing Yamuna (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-poll.jpg?itok=XNdIHp2k)
What budget has for farm and rural sectors
Posted on 07 Feb, 2018 04:31 PMThis year’s budget was expected to be extensively farmer- and rural-sector oriented. And that is exactly what it turned out to be. The distress in the agrarian sector has intensified and its political implications were rife this year considering the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled next year.
![The budget has a slew of initiatives to revive the farm sector. (Image: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/azhar-feder-cc-by-sa3.0.jpg?itok=JE98EU1f)